Notable Festivals: Sundance When it was time for director Paul Thomas Anderson to go to college, he naturally went the film school route, like so many other would-be directors did before him.  He was admitted to Boston’s Emerson College as an English major, lasting for 2 semesters (it seems like all the prominent Emersonians are…

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Years Active: 1987-present Alma Mater: Emerson College/New York University/Sundance Institute Associated Movements: New American Independents Influences: Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles  In the larger film community, director Paul Thomas Anderson is widely considered to be one of the greatest living directors in America.  While his output is relatively small compared to his…

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